Julie, the RUN /N command works for sure in all versions of VFP that I know of. If you need to click twice, once on the button and once on the form, then there is a coding issue either in the button click event or in the form methods somewhere. IOW its not ShellExecute() or the RUN command which is causing a problem but the code which calls these commands/functions.

To test this just load VFP dev environment and try RUN /N your_app.exe from the command window. You will see that this works - barring any path issues that your app may need to handle. Therefore, check your button click code and other form code which may be interfering with this action.


>The Click button is on the main app (the login app). What happens after the user logs in they come to a form that has multiple buttons and each button calls a different app. When I use the run /n I nothing with the first click, but if I happen to click anywhere on the form a second time then the app opens in another foxpro window. Just wondering why it takes two clicks even though my run command is in the buttons click method.
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>>Julie, and when you use RUN /N what happens? You said you have to "click a button"? What button?